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Fluidstack Barber Lake Facility partnership

Company: Cipher Mining - Project: Barber Lake Facility

This claim was marked delayed on October 10, 2026. Recorded automatically from the cited source when it was published, then queued for evidence review.

How this was decided: Automated extraction from the cited source. The claim is preserved below exactly as it was originally published, so the record shows what was asserted as well as what became of it.

Subject kind
partnership
Statement date
2026-08-03
Promised by
2026-09-01
Current status
delayed

What the later record shows

The date slipped · new target December 31, 2026

On 2026-09-24 the company disclosed a new phased delivery schedule. First rent commencement is now expected in Q4 2026 rather than September 2026.

“Rent will commence for each data hall as it is delivered, with the first rent commencement expected to occur during the fourth quarter of 2026.”
2026-09-24 · Cipher Mining 8-K filed 2026-09-25 View cached copy (2026-09-26)Live source ↗
“an updated phased delivery schedule for the Barber Lake Facility, with individual data halls now expected to be delivered between the fourth quarter of 2026 and the first quarter of 2027”
2026-09-24 · Cipher Mining 8-K filed 2026-09-25 View cached copy (2026-09-26)Live source ↗

Checked October 10, 2026 against filings, releases and reporting published after the claim was made. Quotes are verbatim from the linked documents.

The claim, verbatim

Cipher is building the Barber Lake Facility for Fluidstack USA II Inc. with expected commencement in September 2026

Source (primary)

Cipher Mining 10-Q filed 2026-08-04 (SEC EDGAR, sec_filing)
View cached copy (2026-08-30)Live source ↗

Quote: “The Company is in the process of building the Barber Lake Facility for Fluidstack USA II Inc. ("Fluidstack"), with an expected commencement date of September 2026.”

How we checked this

Checked on October 11, 2026. The cited source supports every part of this claim.

Cipher's Q2 2026 10-Q states that it is building the Barber Lake Facility for Fluidstack USA II Inc., with commencement expected in September 2026. Note 12 adds that the company expects to deliver the facility in September 2026.

Confirmed in the source:

What we did: Read our cached copy of SEC EDGAR (https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1819989/000181998926000041/cifr-20260630.htm) in full (220,815 characters, retrieved August 30, 2026) and checked each assertion in the claim against it.

Additional evidence

confirms Cipher Mining 10-Q filed 2026-08-04

Quote: “The Company is in the process of building the Barber Lake Facility for Fluidstack USA II Inc. ("Fluidstack"), with an expected commencement date of September 2026.”

View cached copy (2026-08-30)Live source ↗

delays Cipher Mining 8-K filed 2026-09-25

Quote: “Rent will commence for each data hall as it is delivered, with the first rent commencement expected to occur during the fourth quarter of 2026.”

View cached copy (2026-09-26)Live source ↗

Record of changes

August 31, 2026 — stated
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September 2, 2026 — outcome unconfirmed
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September 16, 2026 — delayed
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October 9, 2026 — outcome unconfirmed
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October 10, 2026 — delayed
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